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Lombard Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns. The street stretches from The Presidio east to The Embarcadero (with a gap on Telegraph Hill). Most of Lombard Street's western segment is a major thoroughfare designated as part of U.S. Route 101.
Lombard Street (/ ˈ l ɒ m b ər d,-b ɑːr d /) is a street notable for its connections with the City of London's merchant, banking and insurance industries, stretching back to medieval times.
Lombard, which is known as Lombard Street East in this area, with part of an interchange with the Harbor Tunnel Thruway and access to Bayview Medical Center. Lombard Street is one of Downtown Baltimore's older streets. Its name comes from the Italian town Guardia Lombardi, as Lombard Street was originally an Italian settlement. [2]
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Pier 39 is a shopping center and popular tourist attraction built on a pier in San Francisco, California.At Pier 39, there are shops, restaurants, a video arcade, street performances, the Aquarium of the Bay, virtual 3D rides, and views of California sea lions hauled out on docks on Pier 39's marina.
Lombard Street (San Francisco), California, steep with hairpin turns; Lombard Street (Baltimore), Maryland; Lombard Street (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania See also Lombard Street riot; Lombard Street (Portland, Oregon), part of US 30 Bypass
The cast lived in a house at 949 [7] Lombard Street in San Francisco, California from February 12 to June 19, 1994. [8] The house is located between Leavenworth Street and Jones Street, one block east of the eight sharp turns that have earned the street the distinction of being "the crookedest street in the United States".
A 19th-century drawing of Lloyd's Coffee House This blue plaque in Lombard Street marks the location of the former coffee house. Lloyd's Coffee House was a significant meeting place in London in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was opened by Edward Lloyd (c. 1648 – 15 February 1713) on Tower Street in 1686.